Eight candidates advanced to the main contest for the Democratic Party's Supreme Council election in the preliminary round of its Aug. 17 national convention, including Park Sun-won, Lee Sung-yoon, Kim Yong, Han Min-soo, Seo Mi-hwa, Choi Min-hee, Lim Mi-ae and Kim Young-ho.
Six candidates were eliminated, including Park Sung-jun, Lee Gun-tae, Park Seung-won, Jung Min-chul, Shin Gye-ryun and Kim Hyung-nam.
Original reporting by Roh Hae-chul for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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